SPORTS PEOPLE: COLLEGE FOOTBALL

SPORTS PEOPLE: COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Revised Opinion by Big East

Published: October 27, 1992

Syracuse quarterback MARVIN GRAVES should have been ejected after a fourth-quarter brawl Oct. 17 between the Orangemen and the West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown, W.Va., or else no players should have been thrown out of the game, the Big East commissioner, MIKE TRANGHESE said Monday.

Tranghese issued a report on the fight and the officiating, which had prompted several complaints to the Big East office from West Virginia coaches, players and fans. Three of West Virginia's key defensive players and one Syracuse reserve offensive lineman were thrown out. Syracuse won, 20-17, when Graves later threw a touchdown pass against a West Virginia reserve defensive back who was in the game for an ejected player.

"If there were to be ejections, Syracuse's Marvin Graves needed to be included among those ejected," Tranghese said. "Obviously, the ejections hurt West Virginia."